World & Nation
I-75 crashes killed 11; now Florida Highway Patrol is faulted
April 26, 2012
A Florida Highway Patrol trooper swooped in to help a bald eagle that flew into a Jeep on Florida’s Turnpike on Tuesday morning.
Oct. 19, 2016
A bald eagle who flew into a Jeep on Florida’s Turnpike was saved by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper.
Sports Now
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March 12, 2010
National Guard troops protecting motorists on Interstate 295 will depart by Sunday, almost a month after an outbreak of sniper fire and rock-throwing drew travel warnings, authorities said Thursday.
Dec. 4, 1992
Engineers used two cranes today to force down a drawbridge stuck in the up position for nearly 18 hours, releasing thousands of angry motorists trapped in a 20-mile traffic jam on the only highway in the Florida Keys.
March 24, 1988
Books
Apparently, there are only two blue-tongued mango voles (rat-like members of the rodent family) left on the face of the earth, and in the opening pages of “Native Tongue” one of them is unceremoniously heaved out the window of a speeding blue pickup truck on a highway running between the mainland and the Florida Keys.
Oct. 13, 1991
Eight people died and 10 others were injured early Monday when a church van ran through a stop sign and crashed in rural Florida.
March 30, 2015
Five Louisiana children on their way to Disney World were among seven people killed Thursday in a horrific highway crash near Gainesville, Fla., authorities said.
Jan. 4, 2019
The National Guard, using Humvees and helicopters, began patrolling Interstate 295 on Friday to assure motorists that the Jacksonville bypass is safe despite repeated sniper attacks.
Nov. 7, 1992